Description (Physical description)
The accretions found on pieces in this collection, in addition to the appearance of the silver, suggest to Anita Herle that the metal used is a mixture of silver and other metals, possibly among them copper.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: Alana Edgeworth

Context (Field collection)
Mrs. Barbara Spalding and her husband Michael worked as English teachers in Taiz, Yemen, from 1997-98 during which time she collected silver and talked to the men in the market silver shops.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Silver box with hinged lid and handle. Diamond shaped, large box of a bright metal with intricate, multi-layered filigree work. The main design elements on both the lid and the box are eye-like patterns interspersed with horseshoe or crescent moon shaped elements. The lid is held on by two hinges and a clasp which is comprised of two ‘eyes’. The lid has a small piece of wire bent at an angle for a handle, and a small pale blue ‘stone’, perhaps glass, set onto the top in the centre.
Event Date 3/11/2004
Author: maa